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...decade. The report confirmed the withdrawal of 7,000 U.S. troops from Okinawa (Japan has long sought to reduce the basing burden on the islands); the relocation of the U.S. Army's I Corps headquarters from Washington state to Camp Zama, an hour outside of Tokyo; the establishment of joint U.S.-Japanese command of the Yokota Air Base; and a pledge by both countries to increase military cooperation, intelligence gathering and training...
There is no long-term link between coffee consumption and increased blood pressure in women, a joint study by the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham & Women’s Hospital has found. The team, headed by Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer, sent out questionnaires every two years to 238,371 female nurses, asking for medical histories and lifestyle information—including coffee consumption. These were compared with incidence of physician-reported and self-reported high blood pressure. The study, published last Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found a “modest inverse U-shaped...
Patchwork Inventor: Ellis Developments Ltd. Availability: Now, in England only To Learn More: ellisdev.co.uk It may look like a delicate doily, but the Bioimplantable Device is a rugged internal bandage that helps patients recover swiftly from shoulder-joint-replacement surgery. Made of standard polyester surgical thread, the device has an embroidered pattern that gives it strength and flexibility while imitating human tendons. Once implanted between muscles and bones, the device is never removed; it becomes part of the body as cells grow over it. This technology is also being used to replace slipped disks in the neck...
...these questions have been asked before and the discussions have happened before, but they generally happened within one community,” said Gregory M. Schmidt ’06, president of the Dems. Presenting as a model last year’s joint campaign for marriage equality between the Dems and the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance, Schmidt urged student groups to work together on issues of overlapping political interests. “I do hope you will get involved in the political scene. Make this an active campus,” Counter said...
Indeed, he can’t stop talking about all the other projects he’s working on. He sings in a rock group called “Foxhole Etiquette.” He moonlights at a burger joint, where he’s shooting to become assistant manager. He also says he’s working on a website to “promote local music,” and wants to teach himself the necessary programming skills in the next six months...